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Chapter 73
The Mystery of Emperor Qianlong's Life Experience

Emperor Qianlong, namely Aixinjueluo?Hongli was the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty after Dingding Central Plains.During his 60-year reign, he worked hard to govern, and further completed the unification of the multi-ethnic country on the basis of the cultural and martial arts of the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties.The social economy and culture have further developed, forming the famous "Kang and Qian Dynasty" in Chinese history.

Emperor Qianlong was a well-known emperor in the late period of Chinese feudal society. He is the emperor with the highest age since there are written records in China, and he is also the emperor who has actually been in power for the longest time in Chinese history.At the same time, Qianlong is one of the emperors with the most folk rumors, the most interpretations in literary works, and the most doubtful records in official documents.Qianlong's life has left many stories for later generations, among which the most talked about is the mystery of his life experience.

One of the puzzles: Where was the birthplace of Emperor Qianlong?

According to historical records, Qianlong believed that he was born in Lama Temple.The Lama Temple is located in the Anding Gate in the northeast of Beijing. It is a famous Lama Temple.In the Kangxi era, it was originally the residence of Prince Yong, which was the residence of Yongzheng when he was the prince. It was not called Lama Temple at that time.After Qianlong ascended the throne, he enshrined the portrait of his father Yongzheng in the Shenyu Palace in this mansion, and sent lamas to chant scriptures every day. Later, it was renamed Lama Temple.Qianlong once stated that he was born in the Lama Temple in the form of poems many times, such as "Xushu Road in the east chamber of Zhai Pavilion, remembering my relatives and only remembering my first birth", pointing out that he was born in the east chamber of Lama Temple.

However, what is strange is that Emperor Jiaqing, the son of Qianlong, wrote his father's birthplace as a summer resort, both in his birthday poem to his father and in his final edict, which is really puzzling.On August 1796th, the first year of Jiaqing (86), Emperor Qianlong celebrated his [-]th birthday, and celebrated his birthday at the Mountain Resort as the Supreme Emperor.Jiaqing followed him and wrote the poem "Leading the Princes and Ministers to Celebrate the Rituals and Gongji on Wanwanshou Festival" to celebrate.The poem mentions Qianlong's birth: "In the year of Xinmao when Zhaojian Villa was built, longevity is the same as the fate of infinite celebrations." The note in the poem reads: "Kangxi Xinmao Zhaojian Villa was born in this year, and the emperor was born in the court of Dufu." Jiaqing Here it is clearly stated that Emperor Qianlong of the Ming Dynasty was born in the Court of Dufu in the Summer Resort.

On July 25, the 1820th year of Jiaqing (25), Emperor Jiaqing died suddenly at the Summer Resort.At the end of the Imperial Edict written in the name of Jiaqing by former imperial ministers, military ministers, and internal affairs ministers, there is the phrase "the emperor was born in a summer resort", which means that Qianlong was born in Luanyang Palace, that is, a summer resort.When the newly succeeded Emperor Daoguang discovered this problem, he immediately ordered 600 miles a day to expedite the process of recovering Jiaqing's "Last Edict" that had been sent to Ryukyu, Vietnam, Burma and other vassal states from the road.In the rewritten "Last Edict", it was originally said that Qianlong was born in the Summer Resort, but it is very far-fetched to say that Qianlong's portrait was hung in the Summer Resort.

Was Emperor Qianlong born in Lama Temple in Beijing, or in Chengde Mountain Resort?So far, the academic community has not made a conclusion, and it is still a historical mystery.

Qianlong was such a famous emperor. Not only was his birthplace unclear, but even his mother was doubted.

On the "Jade Document" preserved by the First Historical Archives of China and the manuscript of the birth and death records, it is clearly written: Qianlong's biological mother was the Niu Hulu family. The same record is also found in "Records" and "Hadith".

Qianlong was a filial son. He held a grand birthday banquet for his mother's 60th birthday in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and called his painting "Picture of Swallows and Happiness in Compassion and Ning". He served his mother three times to Mount Tai, four times to Jiangnan, and many times to the summer resort .He was also ingenious and used more than 3000 taels of gold to make a golden pagoda, which was specially used to store the hair that fell off when his mother combed her hair. It was called the golden hair pagoda.Qianlong loved to write poems, and many of his poems praised the nurturing grace of his biological mother Niu Hulu.

However, people don't think so. There are many legends about Qianlong's biological mother.The most realistic legend claims that Qianlong's biological mother was the wife of Chen Shiguan, a scholar of Haining University in Zhejiang Province.Chen Shiguan has a very close relationship with the fourth son of the emperor, Prince Yong Yinzhen.At that time, Prince Yong's Fujin and Mrs. Chen Gelao's wife gave birth to children on the same day of the same month.Prince Yong gave birth to a girl, while the Chen family gave birth to a boy.Prince Yong asked the Chen family to take the child into the palace to have a look.However, when the child was sent out again, the Chen family's boy turned into a girl.Chen Gelao realized that this matter was life-threatening, so he dared not speak up.People say that in order to ascend to the throne, Prince Yong exchanged his daughter with the son of the Chen family, and the boy who was exchanged into the palace was later Emperor Qianlong.According to folklore, Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River six times after he ascended the throne, with the purpose of visiting his biological parents.However, four of his six southern tours actually lived in Mr. Chen Ge's private garden.
The mystery of Emperor Qianlong's life experience is as famous as his "Shiquan martial arts", which has always been discussed by people. However, all these are just people's speculations.

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